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The rest of the fae inside did not move as Master Frin led the way. I expected them to resume talking about their plans, but no one said anything until we passed through the waiting area and reached the doors. Master Frin knocked and the doors opened wide.
I hadn’t been expecting to see her, standing outside. Lady Cara’s eyes darted my way, and she almost seemed horrified to run into me.
“My lady,” Master Frin bowed before her.
“Master,” Lady Cara gave the man a nod. She kept looking at me, as though she expected me to bow before her too.
I could not bring myself to do it.
The vision I’d had of her killing Master Leo was now combined with the horrible memory of him bleeding on the ground. I could not look at her without thinking about what she had done.
As much as I wanted to pretend, I detested her with all my being. The queen had given the order, I was sure, but she was the hand that took Master Leo’s life.
I could not forgive her.
“Feremir, was it?” she asked.
“Yes,” I replied.
It was rude. I hadn’t used her title, nor had I used a respectful tone with her. Her eyes widened as though she knew why, but Master Frin did not realize.
“Let’s go, boy,” he said. “I want you to go back to your room and spend the afternoon trying to have a vision. I will go to the library to find a better way to drag one out of you if I must. My lady.”
He bowed to her once again and gestured at me to follow him. For the first time, I appreciated the old man’s grumpiness.
We left Lady Cara standing outside in the hallway and started to walk toward the masters’ quarters.
After forcing the divination guild to accept me, the queen had given me a new room where I could be alone and free from the interruptions of the other boys still in training. It had been a nice change to be able to sleep without all the snoring and farting, but it also meant I lived close to the masters. So as I followed Master Frin up the stairs and onto the floor where our rooms were, I knew he had lied when he said he would be visiting the library.
The afternoon was his time to take a nap. I did not mind it. I did not need instruction or tricks to have a vision about Jasmine. I had already had a vision about her, and although I did not know where she was exactly, I knew how to find out that information.
For some reason, the monsters all knew exactly where Jasmine and her friends were. In my vision, a monster was able to find her with no directions. She had made it clear as she reached their camp. All the monsters knew where they were.
But no matter how much she pushed, I would not tell the queen. Thus, it did not matter if Master Frin was actually trying to push me to have a vision or not. Even if I did, they would never know.
“Do not even think about going out and hanging out with your friends,” Master Frin warned me as we reached his room. He grabbed the handle of the door and opened it wide. “Study. Meditate. Have a vision.”
“Yes, master,” I replied.
He did not say anything else. He opened the door, stepped in, and closed it behind him.
Once again, I was alone. Although I did not intend to study divination right now, I had nowhere else to go. Master Frin wasn’t the sort to catch on to small details. He thought I had friends and would want to go out to see them. In reality, I was all alone. I did not have any place to go other than my room.
My room was at the end of the hallway. I reached into my pocket to unlock the door using the key, and when it did not make the clicking sound, I realized I had forgotten to lock it in my haste to attend the queen’s meeting.
I pushed the door and it creaked as it opened to darkness.
Closing the door behind me, I entered my room.
There was movement on my right, and before I could react, I felt the cold tip of a knife at my throat.
“Shout, and I’ll kill you.”
